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- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-11-09
hip hop
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Roxanne Shanté (born Lolita Shanté Gooden on November 9, 1969) is an American hip-hop pioneer. Born and raised in the Queensbridge Projects, Shanté first gained attention through the Roxanne Wars and her association with the legendary Juice Crew. Shanté's career began at the age of 14 when she encountered influential record producer Marley Marl, radio DJ Mr. Magic, and Tyrone Williams talking about how UTFO had canceled their appearance at a show they were promoting. <a href="https://www.last.f
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Queens
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Virgin Records
- Image
- Roxanne Shante (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1969-11-09
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- pseudonym
- Roxanne Shanté
- social media followers
- 23785
- inspired by
- Millie Jackson
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